On February 19, 1911, the Turkish government set up a large oil refinery in Mosul, and some of the oil was refined and then transported back to Germany.
In February, 1911, Chentian suggested to Kaiser Wilhelm II to implement strategic oil reserves. With William II’s consent, Germany immediately established many large oil warehouses in the north and central parts and purchased a large amount of oil and gasoline from Gigi Oil Company. The reserves of German oil and gasoline increased rapidly.
In 1911, the annual profit of Gigi Oil Company increased by oo million marks year by year.
It is precisely because of the sufficient fuel supply that Genius dared to ask for the establishment of a large armored force at this time. In his plan, 50,000 armored forces were organized into one military division, including four divisions, one tank division, one armored vehicle division and two mechanized infantry divisions. The tank division of the logistics force consisted of 25o tanks, 5o armored vehicles and 1oo trucks. The armored vehicle division consisted of 5o tanks, 2oo armored combat vehicles modified from ordinary trucks and armored personnel carriers. The mechanized infantry division consisted of 2oo trucks.
It is not difficult for Germany to recruit 50,000 new recruits and 100,000 reserve troops. After half a month, the armored forces have reached full strength, and another 100,000 reserve troops will be recruited one month before the exercise and disbanded on the spot after the exercise.
The full production capacity is 200 tractors per month. After converting into tanks, the factory can produce 15 "Stone I" tanks and 15 "Stone II" tanks each month. At the same time, 20 trucks are converted into armored vehicles. oo trucks and 6ooo motorcycles have been ordered from German automobile manufacturers, but it will take 12 months to complete them. Therefore, the tanks, armored vehicles and trucks in his hand are a little more than half when he exercises six months later, but these are enough for him. What is more difficult is to train an armored force that is unprecedented.
A month later, 50,000 new recruits of armored forces have been reorganized. Today, armored forces recruit new recruits instead of reserve soldiers. He mainly considers that reserve veterans are already very familiar with former weapons and tactics and are prone to form a mindset. And recruits are more receptive to new weapons and tactics, just as white paper is easier to write.
On the birthday of an armored officer, Chen Tian decided to build his own team of officers. As Brigadier General Ollie is currently the deputy commander of the First Army of the East Prussia Corps, Chen Tian, another classmate of Olga, is the chief of staff and his classmate Lieutenant Colonel Matthew. Other senior and middle-ranking officers, except his classmate, are his classmates in Konigsberg Military Academy. Half of the low-ranking officers of the armored army have just graduated from Konigsberg Military Academy, and the other half are non-commissioned officers and junior officers from the East Prussia Army. Due to the limited equipment, the officers temporarily transferred from the regiment arranged for the newly graduated officers to participate in new equipment and tactical training soldiers to carry out practical exercises first. The officers temporarily transferred from other units were responsible for giving the German army discipline and wind to the recruits. After that, they will return to their respective units to choose a group of good soldier from the recruits to fill in.
Hundreds of young officers in the training ground on the outskirts of Konigsberg watched tanks and armored vehicles parked in silence. These are "monsters" that they have never seen before. All countries have planes. All planes don’t need special secrecy. All countries have submarines. Submarines don’t need special secrecy, but tanks and armored vehicles need absolute secrecy. Although countries such as Italy already have the most original armored vehicles, they are completely different from armored vehicles here. Therefore, it is highly confidential to report to the emperor. Please don’t hand them over to the general staff for research.
"Well, don’t be silly to introduce and practice here. We have explained it to you in detail before. Now let’s practice it!" Chen Tian is next to everyone, and he will train and practice the officers of Cheng Shen.
Officers climbed tanks or armored vehicles to grope for it, while technicians rushed back and forth to solve the problems of officers.
"Let’s go and try it!" Chen Tian dragged Oleg and Matthew to climb a "Stone II" tank, which was equipped with a 37 mm caliber cannon and two water-cooled firebird machine guns. It was larger and faster than the "Stone I" tank, and a telegraph operator was installed in the company command vehicle, and a reporter and machine gunner was added to the tank.
Chen Tian skillfully moved the tank to move forward, turn and reverse at 25 kilometers per hour on the flat ground, which made the officers who were distinguishing between the throttle and the brake envious. Unfortunately, in the turret behind a quarter column of incense, Olger couldn’t stand the bumps, so Chen Tian stopped the tank and then climbed out of the car in lightning speed and vomited.
"Mr. Olger can’t even sit in a tank. It’s a shame for you, the deputy commander of the armored army!" Chen Tian hit the cockpit hatch and watched this carsick guy vomit there.
"No, no! Vomiting will get used to it! "
When other officers practiced with tanks and armored vehicles, there was another group of drunken big beetles in the training ground.
When Olger was used to vomiting next to the tank when he was two months old, the number of tanks and armored vehicles finally allowed all tank soldiers and armored soldiers to take turns to carry out actual exercises. Infantry also guided the practice of step-to-step coordinated warfare in Chentian. In addition, five planes from two squadrons were transferred to the armored army in Chentian to familiarize the soldiers with the most original coordinated tactics.
The most painful thing in the world is that the tanks fall off the chain once in the middle of the road, and there will always be a dozen or twenty tanks, armored vehicles and trucks broken down on the road, which makes Chentian cry, but there is no way to ask for high quality of vehicles in this era. In addition to requiring factories to improve, drivers are also arranged to participate in special training in vehicle repair.
With the half-year approaching, Xiao Mochi and Chen Tian mobilized reserve forces in Prussia and East Prussia respectively, and hundreds of thousands of reserve troops will be held for one and a half months. Germany announced that it would conduct a large-scale exercise codenamed "Pineapple" in the west, and invited ambassadors and observers from all countries to watch it.
Chapter 17 Who is a big fool
Late at night, the whole of Germany has fallen asleep.
The dark railway lines galloped eastward.
By this time, 20,000 German soldiers had tied up near Dortmund, and Kaiser Wilhelm II and ambassadors from all countries had arrived in Dortmund to watch the "pineapple" exercise. The spy planes from all countries dispatched them to take an active part in the exercise field to collect more weapons and tactical information.
Xiao Maoqi, chief of staff of the German Sixth Army, did not participate in the exercise because of stomach upset. Falkenhayn, Minister of the Sixth Army, and Waldersee, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Sixth Army were in charge of the exercise.
The second day after the exercise, the Kaiser returned to Berlin due to physical discomfort.
When the exercise was in full swing, 50,000 German troops had secretly arrived in East Prussia and finished. Xiaomozhi was proudly accompanying the Kaiser to inspect this elite unit of the German Sixth Army.
The 250,000 soldiers of the Prussian Corps in Chentiandong have also been ready for service.
The farms in East Prussia are rich and the pastures are vast. Not only is it a meat base in Germany, but also the Sixth Army of Germany has cultivated a steady stream of excellent war horses. The manors here are all owned by the Croatian nobles. The convenience of approaching Russia to the east is that "the water waves are stagnant and the trees are dense". There are four forests in the countryside and lakes, and pine trees and birch trees are everywhere. The most famous resort here is the Luo Teng Forest near the Russian border. It is a forbidden garden for the royal family in hohenzollern in 17o1. The first monarch of hohenzollern royal family is the Prussian throne such as Konigsberg.
In order to defend the royal family of hohenzollern, fortifications have been carefully built along the Anglapu River and across the Insterburg gorge. Dams above the ground have been built on roads in the eastern swamp area, so that the enemy can be confined to narrow dams above the ground. In addition, the entire East Prussia railway network is criss-crossed, which is convenient for sports troops to quickly transfer from one front to another to meet the enemy’s wing.
In this exercise, 500,000 German troops led by Xiao Mochi played the role of "Oriental Invaders" and Chen Tiandong Prussian Corps was responsible for the defense.
The code name of the exercise is "Who is the big fool"
About 60 kilometers away from the German-Russian border, the Insterburg Gorge is an area about 50 kilometers wide. The attack troops in the fortress area of North Konigsberg and the south Mazuli Lake area chose a small town 15 kilometers east of the Insterburg Gorge to leave their positions. The surrounding residents had been temporarily moved ten days ago, otherwise they would have been scared when they saw the soldiers in gray uniforms all over the mountains. At the same time, it was also to prevent the Russians from spying on the military situation. After a few days of exercise, Russian talents were now mobilized in this area. When they sent scouts and spies, German troops had already boarded the train and returned to their posts.
Xiao Mochi’s command troops include 2 regiments, 10 armies (corps) and 4 cavalry divisions, of which 5 armies and 3 cavalry divisions belong to the standing army, with a total of 5.12 million men and artillery 21oo gates. He is going to invest 1 army and 2 cavalry divisions to attack the Insterburg Xiakou defense line, and the other 2 armies and 2 cavalry divisions are going to bypass Mazuli Lake area.
At present, the East Prussian Legion has reached the wartime establishment of 1 armored army, 4 infantry troops and 1 cavalry division with a total of 2.46 million people, including 1oo artillery, 16 OO tanks, 1 OO armored vehicles, 5oo trucks and 4ooo motorcycles.
On the first day of the exercise, the light rain and the gray wave of the attacker did not have much way for the trenches and barbed wire. The assault department was repelled five times in a row. The attacker "lost" 330,000 people and the defender "lost" O 20,000 people.
On the second day of the exercise, the Yin attacker attacked the troops in Mazuli Lake area. The Chentian cavalry division was outnumbered, and the first infantry was dispatched to Mazuli Lake area by train to stop the attack. Because of the complex terrain in the lake area, the attacker was restrained and continued to move forward in the lake area. The front troops of Xiaomozhi stepped up their offensive efforts and captured the first position of Insterburg Xiakou defense line in the evening, but the position was recaptured by Chentian commando at night. The attacker "lost" 410,000 people and the defender "lost" 120,000 people.
On the third day of the exercise, it was sunny to defend the first army of the East Prussian Corps in Mazuli Lake area, which was defeated by the attacking party. The attacking party immediately rushed out of the lake area and went around to the flank of the Insterburg gorge defense line. Two mechanized infantry divisions and two infantry divisions were sent to stop them, and the attacking party rushed back to the lake area. Xiaomozhi’s frontal troops attacked violently again, reoccupied the first defensive position and consolidated it. However, the two sides did not fight back at night. The attacking party broke through the lake area because of the rout of one army and another cavalry division. It was "lost" 750 thousand people.
On the fourth day of the exercise, the sun had dried up the muddy ground the day before. After several days of smoke, the Insterburg gorge was particularly quiet in the morning, but before the sun rose, several people would gallop on the battlefield here. In his sleep, Xiaomozhi’s classmates were drooling happily. Three days later, his troops left 350,000, almost three times that of the 120,000 troops of the defensive side. In his view, victory was within reach. Last night, he had given orders to all the troops that today’s onslaught would break through the last position of the defensive side.
"Chief of staff cabinet is bad! We are attacking in the opposite direction! " Xiao Mochi’s dream was interrupted by an officer who rushed in in a flurry.
"What?" Xiaomuzhi jumped up from the camp bed.
"The other side has already attacked us. Without artillery preparation, their so-called tanks and armored vehicles rushed over and are now close to our position!"
When Xiaomuzhi hurried out of the tent, dozens of planes were flying over his head and hundreds of "iron bumps" were moving towards him. They dug trenches and some machine gun bunkers in a phalanx, and they didn’t expect the other side to fight back.
However, Xiaomuzhi soon calmed down from the shock. Although the attack was sudden, it seemed that there were tens of thousands of people and there were more than 20 million troops here. He ordered his soldiers to go to the position as soon as possible and prepare for a counterattack. Unfortunately, rifles and machine guns in his soldiers’ hands were almost nothing to these iron guys. More than 100 tanks and armored vehicles quickly tore a big hole in Xiaomuzhi’s position. Behind them were soldiers in armored personnel carriers and trucks. The soldiers were driven away by tanks and armored vehicle machine guns, and even decent defense was organized.
At this time, Xiaomuzhi’s troops in Mazuli Lake area were also chased by machine guns mounted on three-wheeled motorcycles. After losing a large number of artillery, they withdrew from the lake area.
At noon, the emperor announced that Xiaomuzhi’s side had failed, and the Prussian Corps in the East won a face-to-face victory. Finally, Xiaomuzhi withdrew his proposal to transfer troops from the western front to strengthen the eastern front. William II praised the strong impact of armored forces and said that more armored forces should be established. Chentian believed that this weapon should be a secret weapon. He suggested that an armored college should be established first and tractor factories should be built in China. These tractor factories will be converted into tanks and armored vehicles during the war, and Germany will be able to set up in a short time. At the same time, a large number of armored troops can catch opponents off guard. The emperor adopted his suggestion that he order the destruction of this exercise. All the records should not be disclosed to the public. At the same time, in addition to approving Chentian’s investment in tractor factories in various places, he also asked him to be responsible for the preparation of an armored college. The German armored personnel tractor factory needs to pay taxes to the government, and the armored college will receive a special fund.
On the other hand, the ambassadors and observers from various countries who watched the exercise in Dortmund said that the "pineapple" exercise was dull and original, and they were very disappointed.
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Chapter 10 Legion reorganization
Although he won the exercise, Chen Tian was very dissatisfied with the exercise process, relying on very advanced weapons to get a disastrous victory, which also exposed many problems of the East Prussian Corps itself.
Pritt, the commander of the First Army who was defeated in the exercise, maintained that the general was 63 years old and was the emperor’s favorite. He prospered by winning the favor of the German emperor with funny and obscene stories at the dining table. He was called "fat" with a big belly. He had no brains or military interests, but the emperor always tried to remove him for years, but he finally stopped speaking for him. In the exercise, this guy retreated after a heavy artillery attack by the other side. The soldiers then retreated and the other side defeated the army with little strength.
At present, the Second Army of the East Prussian Corps is under the command of General Augustus von Makenyan. Chen Tian still appreciates the fact that this veteran soldier who participated in the 17o War is indeed the most capable commander of the German army. The third and fourth armies are under the command of General Francois and Ollie respectively. Usually, they are the deputy commanders of the first and second armies.
In view of pritt’s maintenance of the general’s "heroic and tenacious battle" in the exercise, he was promoted to the deputy commander of the East Prussian Corps and asked him to stay in the headquarters to tell his jokes. Because Ollie was still young, General Francois was promoted to the commander of the first army and to the chief of staff of the armored army, Matthew, the deputy commander of the first army and the commander of the fourth reserve army
General Francois, like most soldiers of the First Army, is from East Prussia. He is very brave and loved by his family.